sing the praises of en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) to commend (someone or something’s) attributes to others
She is only coming to gloat over my bedraggled and flowerless borders and to sing the praises of her own detestably over-cultivated garden. I’m sick of being told that it’s the envy of the neighbourhood; it’s like everything else that belongs to her—her car, her dinner-parties, even her headaches, they are all superlative; no one else ever had anything like them.
1919, Saki, The Toys of Peace and Other Papers:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sings the praises of | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sang the praises of | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sung the praises of | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sung the praises of | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (14)
es cantar las alabanzas de (commend someone's attributes to others) · sv lovorda (commend someone's attributes to others) · pl opiewać (commend someone's attributes to others) · it tessere le lodi (commend someone's attributes to others) · fr chanter les louanges de (commend someone's attributes to others) · fi ylistää (commend someone's attributes to others) · sv sjunga någons/någots lov (commend someone's attributes to others) · sv lovprisa (commend someone's attributes to others) · sv lovsjunga (commend someone's attributes to others) · it cantare le lodi (commend someone's attributes to others) · pl nachwalić się (commend someone's attributes to others) · fr se répandre en éloges sur (commend someone's attributes to others) · fr vanter les mérites de (commend someone's attributes to others) · te కీర్తిగానం (commend someone's attributes to others)